Morton G Cogswell
1846 - 1921 (74 years)
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Name Morton G Cogswell Birth 9 Dec 1846 Nova Scotia 
Gender Male Census 1871 Lakeville, Kings, NS age 25, born NS, farmer, living next to parents Census 1881 Lakeville, Kings, NS age 34, born NS, farmer Census 18 May 1887 Spokane Co, WA age 40, born NS, farmer Census 8 Jun 1900 Fairfield, Spokane, WA age 53, born Dec 1847 in NS, married 35 yrs, imm in 1885, farmer, parents born NS/NS Census 21 May 1910 South Moran, Spokane, WA age 63, born CAN, married 44 yrs, imm in 1888, general farmer, parents born CAN/CAN Census 19 Jan 1920 Valleyford, Spokane, WA Mort, age 73, born NS, imm in 1884, mat in 1889, widowed, invalid, parents born NS/NS, living with son Death 8 Feb 1921 Sharon, Spokane, WA Burial Fairview Cemetery, Rockford, WA Person ID I1624 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins Last Modified 24 Jan 2020
Father Gideon Cogswell, b. 17 Jan 1805, Halifax, Nova Scotia d. 9 Apr 1879, Cornwallis, Kings, NS (Age 74 years) Mother Lucilla S. Perkins, b. 1810, Horton, Kings, NS d. 31 Mar 1894 (Age 84 years) Notes - In 1871 census, Sarah, age 19, born NS living in household. (possible grandchild)
Family ID F391 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amelia “Minnie” Corbet, b. 2 Oct 1844, Nova Scotia d. 3 Jan 1918, Sharon, Spokane, WA (Age 74 years) [1] Marriage 1867 Cornwallis, Kings, NS Children + 1. Alice Cogswell, b. Aug 1868, Cornwallis, Kings, NS d. 1903 (Age 34 years)+ 2. William Edward Cogswell, b. 27 Jan 1869, Woodville, Kings, NS d. 2 Mar 1931, Walla Walla Co, WA (Age 62 years)+ 3. Hennie Hezekiah “Henry” Cogswell, b. 10 Dec 1873, Woodville, Kings, NS d. 18 May 1961, Spokane, Spokane, WA (Age 87 years)+ 4. Bud Gideon Cogswell, b. 22 Nov 1874, Woodville, Kings, NS d. 2 Nov 1960, Jerome Co, ID (Age 85 years)5. Andrew Jackson Ross “Ross” Cogswell, b. 19 Jan 1887, Spokane, Spokane, WA d. 20 Aug 1966, Spokane, Spokane, WA (Age 79 years)Family ID F1088 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Feb 2012
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Photos Morton G Cogwell
Image of Morton Cogswell from House of Representatives Group Photo taken on 1909
Headstones 
Morton Cogswell Gravestone
b. 1846, d. 1921, Father
Plot: 299-G-Old
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Notes - from "The Spokane Spokesman-Review", 10 Feb 1921 (newspapers.com)
Cogswell - Morton Cogswell, age 75, a resident of eastern Washington since 1885, died yesterday at his home in Sharon. He is survived by four Sons, W.E. Cogswell of Walla Walla, H.H. Cogswell of Idaho, B.G. Cogswell of Espanola, and Ross Cogswell of Sharon. The body is at the New England rooms. - from "An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington" by Jonathan Edwards
MORTON COGSWELL, a pioneer of 1885. is a native of Nova Scotia, born December 9, 1846. He received his education in the schools of that province and later engaged in farming. While there he held, for ten years, a commission under Queen Victoria as peace ofificer. Subsequently he spent a year in Minnesota, then returned to Nova Scotia and remained until 1885, when he came to Spokane county and engaged in farming. The next year he removed to Moran prairie and he lived there for the ensuing three years, then came to Rockford, where he followed the hotel business two years, kept a livery stable for one and then a saloon for two. In 1892 his liquor business was burned out and he moved onto his farm eight miles southeast of Rockford. Mr. Cogswell is an enterprising and industrious man and has a fine farm of rich, productive land, well improved and furnished with a splendid house and barns and other necessary buildings. Indeed, he deserves rank among the most thrifty and successful farmers of the county. He was married, in Nova Scotia, January 15, 1868, to Miss Amelia Corbett. a native of that province, and they have five children: Alice, wife of Fred Sheldon, of Olympia; William, a farmer and blacksmith; H. H.. a drayman in Spokane; Budd G., a farmer, and Andrew T. R-
- from "The Spokane Spokesman-Review", 10 Feb 1921 (newspapers.com)
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Sources - [S73] Canadian Census 1881, Roll: 13173 Page: 25.
- [S73] Canadian Census 1881, Roll: 13173 Page: 25.